Hello Friends of RCI,

Our community center is open and operating during the COVID-19 crisis, as we know that many of our friends simply don’t have the option of staying home. We are so grateful to everyone who has reached out of the past week with offers to volunteer, donate, and generally care for our community members. As you can imagine, our staff is working very, very hard to make sure we can continue to serve our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness.

We are all doing a lot more with a lot less, and the reality is that we may not be able to answer every phone call, text, and email that we receive. Please know, though, that we appreciate you more than ever, and we can absolutely use your help to get through this difficult time.

To help us better communicate, we have created a page on our website that list the items that we need at this time: https://www.ripplecommunityinc.org/covid-19-needs

If you can donate any of these items, we ask that you please drop them off at RCI during the hours that our community center is open (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1-5pm, and Friday and Saturday from 11am – 1pm). We will keep this list updated as our needs change, so please check back regularly.

Thank you for all the ways that you support us, so that we can support our community.